Masood Khan deeply concerned over situation in IOK

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MUZAFFARABAD:
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) President Sardar Mohammad Masood Khan has
strongly condemned the use of brute force by Indian Occupation army and police
against civilians in Islamabad, Shopian and other parts of Occupied Kashmir.

“Indian
authorities must immediately halt this violent offensive and respect the human
rights of the Kashmiri people, including their freedom of expression and right
to peaceful assembly,” the President said in a statement issued from
Muzaffarabad on Monday.

He
said that police and para-military forces have used barbaric force against the
peaceful demonstrators in Islamabad, Shopian and Tral areas of the occupied
territory to suppress the voices of freedom.

Expressing
his deep concern over the situation in IOK in the wake of Pulwama incident,
Khan demanded a strong notice by the international human rights organizations
against the grave violation of Kashmiri peoples’ rights.

The
Indian occupation forces in their fresh act of state-sponsored terrorism
martyred two Kashmiri youth in Shopian district on Sunday during a cordon and
search operation in Satipora area of the district. The forces also used
unwarranted force against peaceful demonstrators protesting against the
gruesome killings.

Saying
that sacrifices being rendered by people for Kashmir cause will not go waste,
AJ&K President said India cannot silence the voices of Kashmiris through
the military might. Sardar Masood Khan also demanded the removal of the hurdles
erected around the Srinagar’s historical Central Mosque by Indian forces to
prevent the faithful from offering Friday and routine prayers in the mosque.
“Denying Muslim devotees to enter into the places of their worship is serious
violation their religious rights,” President asserted.

The
president also paid tributes to the womenfolk of occupied Jammu and Kashmir for
sacrificing the lives and honour for the liberation of their motherland from
foreign occupation. He regretted that today when most parts of the world are
celebrating Mother’s Day, thousands of Kashmiri women continue to wait for the
return of their sons subjected to disappearance in custody Indian troops in
occupied Kashmir.